amarogentin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bitter secoiridoid glycoside found in gentian (Gentiana lutea) and in chiretta (Swertia chirata).

Word forms

amarogentin

Etymology

From Latin amar(us) (“bitter”) + -o- + gent(ian) + -in.

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